Election Commission announces poll dates for assembly elections, all results on May 2

The Chief Election Commissioner of India Sunil Arora has announced the poll dates for assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry. Election to the 126-member Assam Assembly, 140-member Kerala Assembly, 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly and 294-member West Bengal Assembly are due in April. The results of all upcoming assembly elections will be out on May 2.

Polls are also due to be held for 30 seats in the Union Territory of Puducherry where the President’s Rule has been imposed and the assembly kept under suspended animation after the V Narayanasamy-led Congress government resigned earlier this week ahead of a vote of confidence.

All seats of the Kerala Assembly will go to polls in a single phase on April 6. All 234 assembly seats in Tamil Nadu will go to polls along with Kerala on April 6.

Assam polls will be held in three phases. The first phase will be on March 27, date of counting on May 2.

West Bengal Assembly Election will be held in eight phases. First phase polling to be held in five districts on March 27, Second phase of polling to be held in 30 assembly constituencies on April 1, Third phase: April 6, Fourth phase: April 10, Fifth phase: April 17, Sixth phase: April 22, Seventh phase: April 26,Eighth phase: April 29.

Meanwhile, the polling for 30 assembly seats in Puducherry Assembly will be held on April 6, along with Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

All political parties will publish details of criminal records of their candidates in the local newspaper, channel and their website, the Election Commission said.